Example sentences of "[to-vb] to the [noun] when " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can stimulate the worm to come to the surface when it is dark and they can then be collected with the aid of a flashlight , providing one is eagle-eyed . |
| 2 | The door to his room had been closed and locked when she visited the mother , and she had not bothered to come to the house when Tatyana committed suicide . |
| 3 | The Government 's business managers had to come to the rescue when it looked as though the Bill might be lost at Committee Stage . |
| 4 | ‘ It took her time to adjust to the light when the blindfold was removed , so she saw nothing . ’ |
| 5 | A kitchen timer that rings to indicate to the child when they have managed to sit for a specific length of time can be linked to the reward chart . |
| 6 | She did n't need to listen to the words when she could read her future in their eyes . |
| 7 | With tap stocks , the Bank seeks to sell to the market when bond prices are rising and does not actively try to sell when prices are falling . |
| 8 | Julia was about to descend to the kitchen when the bell pealed again . |
| 9 | Parents have found many ways to mark a new arrival — planting a tree , designing a certificate or making a book to give to the child when older . |
| 10 | She had loved to go to the music-hall when first she moved to Paris and she had made friends in the quartier . |
| 11 | I have heard of old women who forbid others in their lounge to go to the toilet when they appear to do so too frequently . |
| 12 | He 'll want to go to the toilet when you start blowing the candles out little horror |
| 13 | What used to go to the matches when you were a lad ? |
| 14 | Well all we had was Broadfield School and that 's where my boys had to go to Broadfield , they went into Broadfield School and erm , they all got on alright you know , they got on well there and then from there they went to when the new school was built they went to Netteswell school you see , but two of my sons are electricians and unfortunately the eldest one , one of the electricians I could n't put him to apprentice because I could n't afford it cos I had a hard to struggle to bring them up you know in those days , we did n't get erm any family allowance or anything those days , and erm , so therefore he could n't go , but he sort of got on and got his own factory , but my other son who 's an electrician , one of the twins he 's erm , he 's got his City and Guilds he passed , he went , he was able to go to the school when the new schools were built you see , when Netteswell school was built he was able to go to night school and er learn all you see , then there was the one at Burnt Mill was n't there , down the bottom ? |
| 15 | Of his own interest in flying , Mr Tholen said : ‘ I was using air taxis a lot to go to the Continent when I was working at Billingham . ’ |
| 16 | Adam knelt beside her , thinking of Zosie and Zosie 's mother and stepfather who had not bothered to go to the police when their daughter unaccountably vanished . |
| 17 | If you are the sort of person who needs to go to the lavatory when you are nervous make sure you know where it is . |
| 18 | ‘ Players will be encouraged to go to the ground when tackled to form a ruck , which goes against the whole purpose of staying on your feet to play rugby . ’ |
| 19 | If all these gorgeous chaps are going to rally to the standard when we stick it in the salt pot , then I , for one , am going to be as fragrant and petal-soft as a lady in a soap commercial . |
| 20 | The young man , Martin Grant , struggling through the throng , managed to get to the door when the sirens and the flashing blue lights outside the window heralded the arrival of uniformed reinforcements . |
| 21 | By now I had almost convinced Rick to change to the boilie when I had another take on the Tropicana ; this was all the convincing he needed as I landed a nice mirror around the 12lb mark . |
| 22 | Once again the Macintosh has the upper hand with its graphics capability but for much of this market WYSIWYG is irrelevant , the trained operator ‘ knows ’ what 's going to happen to the text when it is run out on the page printer or phototypesetter . |
| 23 | Such strains would be exacerbated if a trend developed in which young and middle-aged people opted out , only to return to the NHS when they were unable to afford the private premiums in later life . |
| 24 | Their views might have attracted wider sympathy if the regime had been engaging in repression across the board , but although the tsar appeared to move to the right when he appointed Valuev to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Admiral Putiatin to the Ministry of Education , he was very far from abandoning the cause of reform . |